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New Lappy In need, Plz Guide!

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bilalarc Original post #1
Oct 29, 2009 at 7:13 PM
hey guyz me back,

I hav to buy a laptop for budget under 700$. I want the lappy for basic tasks, so no overiding with high gpu, and one more thing to add that the screen size doesnt matter

Thanks
Gam3-KiNG
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Nov 20, 2009 at 7:22 AM
For your budget, you could look at AMD based HP Pavilion dv6z.
desiibond
Nov 20, 2009 at 8:44 AM
@bilalarc, few suggestions:

1) Go for Core2Duo based models, especially the P7xxx series as they support virtualizion and is good for virtual machines and XP-mode if you want to try.
2) on AMD's side, look for Turion II and nothing else.
3) Increase your budget by another 100$ and you will get lot better deals.
4) Consider LED display based models as that can save lot of battery and good for watching movies etc
5) Pick one with win7 home premium or one without an OS.
6) get 3gig ram atleast
4) atleast 320Gb of HDD size

My pick would be HP dv6z that Otpsurvive suggested or Dell Inspiron or Acer 5738G.

But my first choice would be Acer 5738G or 5739G. These are teriffic models.
vickybat
Nov 20, 2009 at 9:40 AM
@ bilalarc

I totally agree with desiibond.Go for acer 5738g as it has a good graphics solution i.e nvidia geforce gt 105m.

If you can up your budget a bit more,i would suggest the lennovo y550 as it has an even more better graphics solution in form of nviida gt 130m.
Cilus
Cilus #5
Nov 20, 2009 at 11:12 PM
Go for Acer Aspire As5739d-6959. It is the best Gaming laptop at ur budget.
Configured with C2D 6600 (2.2 Ghz, 2MB L2, 800 MHz FSB),
4 GB of 1333 MHZ DDR3 ram and 1 GB of DDR3 Geforce 130M, it can take any challenges. Priced at $700 at newegg. HDD: 320GB and windows 7 premium 64 bit is available with it.